News

New! Virtual Special Issue on feminism and the sociology of gender, health and illness
Hannah Bradby has assembled a collection of articles on this theme published in the journal over the years. To read her editorial and access the articles click here and look out for more virtual special issues coming soon.

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Call for Proposals – 17th Monograph
Proposals are invited for the seventeenth volume in the monograph series to be published by Sociology of Health & Illness in conjunction with Wiley-Blackwell. The deadline for final proposals will be August 22nd 2008. For more information, click here.

Many of the SHI special issues are also available to purchase as books. Please click on the button in the left-hand menu bar for further information.

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Editorial Nominations Open

Nominations are now open for candidates to fill vacancies on the SHI Editorial Board. The successful candidates will be confirmed by election at the BSA Medical Sociology Group’s AGM on Friday 5th September. If you would like to nominate someone for a place on the Editorial Board, please complete and return the form linked below before Friday 22nd August. Please note the early deadline for nominations, as this differs from previous years.

Please find nomination form here.

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New! Virtual Special Issue on death, dying and bereavement
SHI editor Clive Seale has put together a collection of articles published in the journal over the years, that  cover the subject of death, dying and bereavement. To read his editorial and access the articles click here and look out for more virtual special issues coming soon.

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Call for Review Papers for Sociology of Health & Illness
Do you want to write a Review Paper for SHI?
Review Papers are a new and exciting feature of the journal.  Review Papers will provide a state-of-the-art overview of the literature and we anticipate these papers will provide valuable summaries for both teaching and research purposes.  The Editors of Sociology of Health & Illness are therefore seeking short (one-page) proposals from authors who would like to write reviews of either established or emerging areas in the field of the Sociology of Health & Illness.  

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Sociology of Health and Illness New Writer's Prize 2008
The Editorial Board of Sociology of Health and Illness offers an annual prize of £250 for the best article published by a novice writer. The Editorial Board would like to offer their congratulations to Tsipy Ivry of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa, who is the winner of the prize for 2007.

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